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Another Anti-Semitic Attack in France

By admin on May 5, 2010

Two days after the Friday night attack against a French Jew, who was brutally attacked and stabbed in Strasbourg on shabbos, reports detail another attack, this one targeting an elderly Jewish man outside a shul.
According to a leader of the Nimes Jewish community, the victim, in his 80s, was waiting to enter shul for davening [...]

Negotiations in Emanuel Beis Yaakov Case Break Down

By admin on May 4, 2010

Negotiations involving representatives of Chinuch Atzmai, the Emanuel Beis Yaakov and members of the Sephardic community broke down on Monday, Kikar Shabbat reports. Talks were held on Monday in compliance with the ruling from Supreme Court Justice Edmond Levy, who instructed the sides to work out their difference and HaGaon HaRav Yaakov Yosef Shlita would [...]

PHOTOS: Lag B’omer Fire, Hachnosas Sefer Torah & Sruly Williger

By admin on May 4, 2010

On Sunday Lag B’Omer, Yeshivas Ruach Chaim held a dual celebration at the yeshiva building on Avenue Z.
First was a Hachnosas Sefer Torah procession that started at on Ave Y & E 27 Street and ended at the Yeshiva. The Sefer Torah was donated in part Lezecher Nishmas of Reb Yehuda Grunwald, a grandparent of [...]

Beth Israel To Take Over St. Vincent’s Cancer Center

By admin on May 4, 2010

New York – Beth Israel Medical Center will take over the operations at St. Vincent’s Cancer Center, officials announced today.
St. Vincent’s was forced to close last Friday after declaring bankruptcy.
“This proposed transfer of services will ensure critical continuity of care for thousands of [Saint Vincent's Comprehensive Cancer Center] patients who make over 60,000 visits to [...]

Stocks Tumble On European Debt Worries

By admin on May 4, 2010

The euro fell sharply on Tuesday and major indexes in Europe and the United States tumbled as the sovereign debt crisis in Europe and the risk of contagion continued to hang over the market.
At the close, the Dow Jones industrial average was 225.06 points, or 2.02 percent, lower. at 10,926.77. The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock [...]

Visa, MasterCard Face New Assault by Congress on $40 Billion ‘Swipe’ Fees

By admin on May 4, 2010

Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. face a renewed threat to one of the credit-card industry’s biggest revenue sources after Senator Patrick Leahy backed legislation to curb fees charged to merchants on each transaction.
Leahy, a Vermont Democrat and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, will co-sponsor a measure by Senate majority whip Dick Durbin of Illinois, [...]

Tennessee Man Convicted of Illegally Accessing Sarah Palin’s E-Mail Account

By admin on May 4, 2010

WASHINGTON—David C. Kernell, 22, was convicted by a federal jury in Knoxville, Tenn., for intentionally accessing without authorization the e-mail account of former Alaska governor Sarah Palin and obstruction of justice, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney James R. Dedrick for the Eastern District of Tennessee announced.
After a [...]

Holyland Construction Frozen by Jerusalem Planning Committee

By admin on May 4, 2010

The Jerusalem Planning Committee on Monday voted to freeze construction on the Jerusalem Holyland project for 100 days as police continue their investigation into what appears to be the largest fraud/bribery case in the nation’s history. Planning board officials indicate the pending digging requests from developers stray from standard zoning norms.
Attorney Rafi Ettinger, representing the [...]

Remarks By Mayor Bloomberg On Latest Developments In Times Square Incident

By admin on May 4, 2010

“Welcome. We are joined here by Speaker Christine Quinn, Lance who I’m going to introduce in a minute, Sal Cassano the Commissioner of the Fire Department, and Chief Kilduff who is the highest ranking uniformed officer in the Fire Department. When the engines show up he’s the one that sends them, so be nice to [...]

UK Says ‘No’ to New Mossad Emissary

By admin on May 4, 2010

While the media coverage of the alleged Mossad hit against a senior Hamas terrorist in a Dubai hotel has died down, the UK’s anger against the Mossad has not diminished and officials have signaled Israel that a new Mossad Intelligence Agency emissary is unwelcome in Britain.
Israel is accused of perpetrating the assassination of senior Hamas [...]

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